Patience, Patience, Patience...

Normally I run on Sundays. I wasn't able to yesterday for many reasons. First, I helped my son with his needs. I'm not sure who knows this and who doesn't, but my 23 year old son has muscular dystrophy, so he depends on me, my wife, and my daughter, as well as personal care assistants to help him. Plus my wonderful wife is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), and a partner in the firm she works at, so she's working about 75 hours a week/7 days a week. I also had a staff meeting at Weight Watchers yesterday. That being said, even if I had the time, I wouldn't have run. My left heel and instep are bothering me again. I've been icing it, and popping ibuprofen as much as possible in order to avoid a return trip to the podiatrist. Things are looking "iffy" right now. I've already decided that the 10 mile race in 2 weeks isn't possible. The only thing keeping me sane right now is Jeff Galloway's book "Marathon" arrived last week. I'm not usually much of a reader, but this book's a keeper. I'm definitely going to start training using his plan as soon as I can. Between his run/walk/run method, plus cycling, I'm confident that there's a marathon in my future in October (Hartford) or November (NY). In the meantime, I'll take it easy, read everyone's blogs, and keep my fingers and toes crossed.